- ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The Veterans Affairs clinic in Wasilla is without doctors, after the three physicians working under contract over the summer decided not to renew those. A nurse practitioner, who transferred from Anchorage last week, now has to carry the 1,000-patient caseload. The clinic is supposed to have two full-time doctors but has been down one since 2012. KTVA reports the last full-time doctor left in May. Cynthia Joe, chief of staff for the Alaska VA Health Care System, said the VA is offering what it is allowed to offer for salaries. That level is capped at $195,000. She said there are also incentives and cost-of-living allowances. There are no applicants.